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officiously [ə'fɪʃəslɪ](over-zealously) avec zèle, avec empressement; (interferingly) d'une manière importune; (overbearingly) impérieusement, de manière autoritaire;∎ to behave officiously towards sb faire l'empressé auprès de qnUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > officiously
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GB (colloq)1) ( in conversation) gen interrompre; ( officiously) mettre son grain de sel (colloq)2) ( contribute money) donner un peu d'argent -
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[ə'fiʃəli]1) ((negative unofficially) as an official: He attended the ceremony officially.) à titre officiel2) (formally: The new library was officially opened yesterday.) officiellement3) (according to what is announced publicly (though not necessarily true in fact): Officially he is on holiday - actually he is working on a new book.) officiellement•- officious - officiously - officiousness - office-bearer - through the kind offices of - through the offices of -
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A n2 (mark, flaw) (in wood, china, glass) ébréchure f ; this cup has a chip in it cette tasse est ébréchée ;5 Comput puce f (électronique) ;6 Sport ( in golf) coup m d'approche ; ( in football) chandelle f ; to play a chip ( in golf) faire une approche ;7 Games ( in gambling) plaque f ; ( smaller) jeton m ; to cash in one's chips lit encaisser ses plaques ; fig ramasser ses billes ○.1 ( damage) ébrécher [glass, cup, plate] ; écorner [precious stone] ; écailler [paint] ; to chip a tooth/bone se casser une dent/un os ; a chipped cup une tasse ébréchée ;2 ( carve) tailler [wood, stone] ;3 Culin couper [potatoes].1 ( damage) [plate, glass] s'ébrécher ; [paint, varnish] s'écailler ; [tooth] se casser ; [precious stone] s'écorner ;to have a chip on one's shoulder être amer/-ère ; he's got a chip on his shoulder about not having gone to university il n'est jamais allé à l'université et il en veut à tout le monde à cause de cela ; to be a chip off the old block être bien le fils de son père/la fille de sa mère ; when the chips are down dans les moments difficiles ; he's had his chips ○ GB il est cuit ○.■ chip away:▶ chip away [paint, plaster] s'écailler ; to chip away at ( carve) tailler [marble, rock] ; fig affaiblir [qch] progressivement [power, authority] ; miner [confidence] ;▶ chip away [sth], chip [sth] away enlever [qch] petit à petit [paint, plaster].■ chip in GB ○2 ( contribute money) donner un peu d'argent ; she chipped in with £5 elle a mis cinq livres de sa poche.■ chip off:▶ chip off [paint, plaster] s'écailler ;▶ chip off [sth], chip [sth] off écailler [plaster] (from de) ; he chipped a piece off il a enlevé un éclat ; to chip a piece off a tooth ébrécher une dent.
См. также в других словарях:
officiously — officious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ asserting authority or interfering in an overbearing way. DERIVATIVES officiously adverb officiousness noun … English terms dictionary
officiously — adverb in an officious manner nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty • Derived from adjective: ↑officious … Useful english dictionary
officiously adv — I prefer trout to salmon, Tom said officiously … English expressions
Officiously — Officious Of*fi cious, a. [L. officiosus: cf. F. officieux. See {Office}.] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.] [1913 Webster] If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and venial one. Note on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
officiously — adverb see officious … New Collegiate Dictionary
officiously — See officious. * * * … Universalium
officiously — adverb in an officious manner … Wiktionary
officiously — É™ fɪʃəslɪ adv. in an officious manner … English contemporary dictionary
officiously — of·fi·cious·ly … English syllables
officiously — See: officious … English dictionary
officious — officiously, adv. officiousness, n. /euh fish euhs/, adj. 1. objectionably aggressive in offering one s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person. 2. marked by or proceeding from such forwardness:… … Universalium